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Jessica Williams

Thank you for such warm and loving comments! As for being a stride pianist, it's not my strong point, but I try. Mainly, the time is very important to me—it's important that it feels "danceable", that it swings in an aggressive East Coast sort of way. I was born and raised there and lived there until I was 28. Something about that time . . . thank you for the sweet quotes. The joy is in the music, and I just tap into it. I never thought about Monk in an academic way. I never wrote anything down and I heard every chord he played. It all made sense. I just love the way he played and sought to capture the "spirit" of the music he made. And that date with Charlie Rouse was an incredible honor. Thank you all again for the lovely comments. - Jessica

rwkenyon

For BlueMonk Moods,You are fortunate to have been able to know Jessica Williams personally. My admiration for her goes back to her first recordings on Adelphi and CleanCuts which I havre in vinyl. [Ask her about Portraits and Orgonomic Music.] She and I corresponded by email when we both were setting up our websites back around 1996 or so. One of the reasons I admire her so much is not only becaue of her magnificent art, but because she had the courage to "buck the system" and produce her own albums that she sold and still sells on her website.

rwkenyon

For BlueMonk Moods, let's forget the labels and enjoy Jessica Williams's beautiful music...which is what I'm doing at this very moment. And please give Jessica a hug for me; she already knows that I am one of her most loyal fans.

rwkenyon

For BlueMonk Moods, With all due respect, under no circumstances whatsoever could Jessica Williams ever be categorized as a stride pianist. You must be thinking of somebody else, who's about 50 years older than Jessica Williams. Insofar as the Monk influence on Jessica Williams, just listen to one of her best albums, In the Key of Monk, recorded in 1997 and released on Jazz Focus records, and you will understand what I am talking about. As for Ellington's influence, you can check I Let a Song Go Out of my Heart, her solo piano Ellington tribute album, released in 2001 on the British Hep Jazz label.